Bear Creek Bass Club

Ben Tyson will be sponsoring our 1^st tournament of the year by providing the winning team with a cleaning of one freshwater baitcasting reel (per person).    Ben provided our club with a demo last year on how to clean a reel correctly.  There is only one way to properly service and repair a fishing reel, completely disassemble it, thoroughly clean it, inspect every part and finally reassemble the reel using the highest quality lubricants and OEM parts   

Ben's Reel Service

15322 Millview Trace Lane

Charlotte, NC 28227

Phone: 704-975-8181

Ben also has a line of custom baits (including the Alabama Rig) that can be purchased.  We would like to thank Ben for sponsoring our 1^st tournament of the year.

Click link below to go directly to Ben’s website:

http://www.bensreelservice.com/index.html

2012 Schedule

Conner and Mullis win two-day event on Wateree

Mason and Poplin win points for second year in a row

Oct 17, ,2011

Photo's by Ken Troutman

Bear Creek Bass Club went back to Wateree for our annual fall 2 day tournament.  We had beautiful weather all weekend with high in the high 70’s to low 80’s.  Fishing was not as active this fall as it has been in the past but as usual some of the guys always manage to figure it out.  Eddie Conner and Ryan Mullis were able to pull out the win with a two day total of 15.7 lbs.  Second place went to Barry Davis and Kenny Hill (pictured to left) with 15.04 lbs.   Bill McCoy (pictured to right) and Tommy Russell finished in 3^rd place with 14.94.  Ken Troutman fishing without his partner David Strider finished 4^th with 14.22 lbs.  Big fish on Saturday went to Barry Hill and Kenny Davis and Sunday’s big fish went to Keith and Lewis Phillips with a 5.22 largemouth.

At our next meeting on Nov. 3rd our awards will presented to the top 4 teams based on our point system.  Finishing order was: 1^st Place - Rick Poplin & Scott Mason, 2^nd Place - Ken Troutman and David Strider, 3^rd Place - Kenny Hill and Barry Davis and 4^th Place - Cody and Trent Stegall.  Big Fish of the year went to Rick Poplin and Scott Mason which was caught on High Rock on Sep 17^th weight in at 5.94 lbs.  The largest one day weight was 17.24 caught on Badin on July 17^th.

We will set our 2012 schedule at our next meeting on Nov. 3^rd and our annual season ending fish-off will be held on Sunday Nov. 6^th

Ken Troutman

Lewis Phillips

Bost and Woods win on Badin

Sep 17, ,2011

Photo's by Ken Troutman

Wayne Bost and Matt Woods (pictured to right) won the tournament on Badin Lake with 15.2 pounds.  They also had the big fish of the tournament at 5.58 lbs.  Second place went to Rick Poplin and Scott Mason with 14,92 lbs and they had the second big fish at 5.2.  Third place went to Barry Davis and Kenny Hill with 12.40 and 4^th place went to Cody and Trent Stegall 12.36 lbs.  We had 23 teams fish the tournament and 8 teams had a 5 fish limit.

Mason/Popin widen points lead with win on Highrock

Strider and Troutman win on Badin

David Strider and Ken Trountman win their 3rd tournament in a row in 2011.  The team brought to the scale a five fish limit weight in 17.24 lbs.  Second place went to Lewis Gordon and Randy Burleson with 16.6 lbs.  Scott Mason and Rick Poplin finished 3rd with 14.26 lbs while 4th place went to Wesley Eudy and Chis Toole 13.22 lbs.  Wesley and Chris also won the big fish pot with one fish weighting 5.84 and the other one was 5.52 lbs.  We had 24 teams fish the tournement and a total of 61 fish were caught weighing 148 lbs.  Rick Poplin and Scott Mason continue to lead in the points while Strider and Troutman moved into second place 22 point behind the leaders.  We will return to High Rock Lake on August 20th for our next tournament.

Complete results and photo's are posted on the links.

David Strider and Ken Troutman Win Again

Jun 18, ,2011

Photo's by Ken Troutman

David Strider and Ken Troutman win their second tournament in a row on Tillery.  The team was able to bring in 5 fish weighing 14.28 lbs.  Strider and Troutman are making a steady march up on the points standing.  Second place went to Scott Mason and Rick Poplin while Shawn Williams and Chris Eudy finished 3rd.  Fourth place went to Keith and Lewis Phillips.  The big fish of the tournament was caught by the team of Ken Culipher and Ed Brown.  The fish weight 5.16 lbs. 

Rick Poplin and Scott Mason have moved into first place on the points standing with a 7.12 lead over Cody and Trent Stegall.

We had a 25 of our 26 teams fish this event.  We had 84 fish that was brought to the scales weighting 175.26. 

Our next tournament will be held on July 16 on Badin. 

Complete results and photo's  are posted on the links. 

Troutman and Strider take first place on Tuckertown

David Strider and KenTroutman captured their first win of the season on Tuckertown.  They brought to the scale an impressive 15.96 lbs with their 5 fish limit.  They also had big fish of the day 4.78 lbs.  Keith and Lewis Phillips finshed second with 10.80.  Kenny Davis and DC Howard finished 3rd with 10.5 lbs.  Fourth place with to Scott Mason and Rick Poplin.  Rick was fishing without his partner but was able to bring in 9.74 lbs.

Only 4 teams were able to bring a 5 fish limit to the scale.  24 teams fished the event having caught 67 fish with a weight of 140.74 lbs.  Cody and Trent Stegall remain on top of the point standing.  The next tournament will be on Tillery June 18th. 

Shawn Williams and Chris Eudy win on High Rock 

May 7,2011

Photo's by Ken Troutman

Shawn Williams (pictured to the right) and Chris Eudy had 15.34 lbs to take home first place on High Rock.  Second place went to Cody and Trent Stegall with 13.66 lbs. Cody and Trent had big fish of the day 4.86 The second place finish moved the Stegall team into a tie for first place in the points standing with Max and RE Davis who finished 3rd place with 12.6 lbs. Max and RE had the second big fish of the day at 4.66 lbs.  Fourth place with to Jim Dudley with 10.88 lbs.   25 Teams fished the event with a total of 82 fish keepers weight in at a total of 191.02 lbs.  Eight of our teams had a five fish limit.  Our next tournament will be at Tuckertown on May 21^st.

 Trent and Cody Stegall win spring two-day event on Wateree

Bear Creek Bass Club held our annual spring Tournament on Lake Wateree April 16^th and 17^th.  This year the weather played a major factor on Saturday with the high winds and thunderstorms moving into the area.  The father son team of Trent and Cody Stegall took home the win with 27.2 lbs.  On Saturday they had 15.72 lbs and fishing alone on Sunday Cody was able to bring 11.48 lbs to the scales.

Second place for went to Rick Poplin and Scott Mason with 23.28 lbs.  The second place finished also moved the team into the points lead for the season. Max and RE Davis brought the 2^nd heaviest weight to the scale on Sunday which pushed them into 3^rd place for the two day event with a total weight of 19.32 lbs.  Fourth place went to the Lake Norman winners DC Howard and Kenny Davis.    Our next tournament will be on HighRock Lake on May 7^th.  Complete tournament results are posted  on the links to the left.

 Kenny Davis and DC Howard win on Norman 

March 26,2011

Photo's by Ken Troutman

For a week the weather was warm and the fishing was hot on Lake Norman.  Saturday the weather turn cold and fishing also cooled down but that did not stop 16 teams out of the 25 that fished from getting a 5 fish limit.  DC Howard and Kenny Davis won the event with 9.98 lbs and they also second big fish weighing 3.2 lbs.  Davis and Howard took home $210 for the win and $100 for the second big fish.                         

Finishing in second place was Max and RE Davis  with 9 lbs which give them $155 dollars.  Third place went to Chris Toole and Wesley Eudy with 8.98 lbs and they also had the big fish of the tournament 3.36 lbs.  Wesley and Chris took big fish money of $155 and $105 for 3^rd place.  Fourth place went to Pat Fuller and Allen Phillips with 8.82 lbs.  Allen was unable to fish in the tournament and Pat fished with Bud Speight (a young and upcoming bass fisherman).  We had a total of 111 fish caught weighting in at 165.62 lbs.  Our next tournament will be held at Lake Wateree in South Carolina.  This is a two-day event April 16 and 17.

Complete results and weight-in photo's can be viewed on the links to the left.

Kenny Hill and Barry Davis take Season Opener

Kenny Hill and Barry Davis (win the season opening tournament on Lake Wylie on March 5^th.  Kenny and Barry had a 5 fish limit weighting 12.34 lbs.  They took home $210 for their first place finish.  Coming in second place was the 2010 points champs Scott Mason and Rick Poplin.  Rick and Scott had 11.14 lbs and they won $155.  Ed Brown and Ken Cullipher finished 3^rd with 10.82 lbs with winning of $105.  In finial paying position was Ken Troutman and David Strider with 10.70 lbs, which paid $55.  Full results are posted on the 2011 Results link.  Gene Carter and Jeremy Petrea had the big fish of the day weighting in at 3.84lbs.  Gene and Jeremy took home $155 for the big fish catch.  Second big fish went to Matthew Woods & Wayne Bost, which pocketed them $100.  The club had 26 teams that fished the event with 14 teams catching a five fish limit.  A total of 100 fish was caught, weighing 188.4 lbs.  The club welcomes four new members:  David Williams fishing with Steve Worrell, Trent Stegall fishing with his son Cody and a new team of Shawn Williams and Chris Eudy.  Also we have 3 former members returning this year to give it another try:   Bruce Shoe and Dennis Shinn fishing as a team, Bradley Culler is returning to fish with David McEachern.

Our next event will be held on Lake Norman March 26^th.